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BUHARI: everywhere! How ? Fashola explains
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By Onochie Anibeze, Saturday Editor & Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, took some time off on Wednesday to address some issues in the works and housing sector in Nigeria, touching on how the administration has actively taken steps to address the nagging infrastructural deficit and decay in the land and how that push is taking millions of Nigerians out of poverty and giving them a sense of inclusion in the administration. fashola, when reminded that even children took note of his outstanding performance as Lagos State Governor and celebrated him as “the man everywhere’ retorted that it’s President Buhari who is everywhere in Nigeria. He explained what he meant in this interview. He also noted that the President has courageously and uniquely faced, with smaller revenue inflow, seemingly jinxed projects left to rot away by previous administrations which had more r
Breaking: Christian Chukwu alive, embarrassed by news of his death
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Outstanding Igbo leader and former Anambra State governor Peter Obi with Chukwu at the weekend. He visited Chukwu to congratulate him on his 70th birthday
Nigeria’s soccer legend Christian Chukwu is alive. Chukwu was rumoured to have passed on Saturday, same day that he spoke with the Saturday editor, Vanguard Newspaper, Onochie Anibeze who was then unaware of the rumour.
Anibeze said Chukwu was full of life and cracked many jokes during their chat. He said Chukwu was elated by the birthday messages from President Muhammadu Buhari and the galaxy of football stars who paid him tribute on Segun Odegbami’s programme on NTA, The Parliament.
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Qatar 2022: Africa’s best chance to shine at World Cup Eto’o
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By Onochie Anibeze
Qatar 2022 is still two years away but the hosts say they are ready for the tournament. Friday, one of eight venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Al Rayyan Stadium, was declared open.
The inauguration ceremony was climaxed with a football match, the final of the 2020 Amir Cup between Al Sadd and Al Arabi. The 40,000-capacity venue will host seven World Cup matches, including a round of 16 matches.
The inauguration of the stadium will serve as a first test event for the ground. Al Rayyan Sports Club will take up residence at the stadium.